salad days

Think small

2009-11-08T18:24:15Z

- Does Father Christmas know what I want for Christmas Mummy? - Oh yes, he's clever like that. - Does he know I want a yo-yo? - I am sure he does. - Will you tell him? - We can write him a letter if you like? - Yes. And you can write words on it...

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People are strange

2009-11-07T04:01:32Z

At the party I met a lovely lady whose children went to school with the hosts' children. She was shocked that I had brought my children to sleep in the spare room and asked why I didn't let my nanny babysit. I told her I didn't have a nanny. T...

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But at least my feet are comfy

2009-11-06T16:33:52Z

Waiting for the taxi to take us to a party. Have had a pretty wine red boned corset kicking about in my wardrobe for years now. Never worn. Wondered if tonight I might be slim enough for it to look good... it's too big for me. Am swimming ab...

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Bunged

2009-11-05T13:18:47Z

Ugh. Every day I think this, right now, THIS is the worst this dang falootin cold can possibly make me feel. I cannot possibly feel any iller or snottier or congested or gross than THIS right now. And yet still the snot comes. My face aches. ...

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Oh this is silly

2009-11-04T18:14:47Z

I am not sure what will be achieved by enforced blogging. Every day? Yeesh. I am sitting on my sofa watching the first 10 minutes of what looks like a very good film. The Boat That Rocked. I wish I had bothered to change out of my swimming st...

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The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

2009-11-03T09:47:54Z

Have you read it? It's by thingy, Thornbirds woman (not that I have read Thornbirds. Should I?) It is set 20 years after the double wedding of Jane and Lizzie to Messrs Darcy and Bingly. It follows the story of Mary, the dull, religious sister...

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A short, wide box

2009-11-02T17:39:57Z

Sprog has requested a puppet theatre, so this morning saw us striding into Lulu, our favourite hypermarket, to ask for a large box. No. No, they didn't have any boxes. No, they never had any boxes. No, they weren't sure what happened to the bo...

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Goals for November

2009-11-01T03:42:30Z

Lose 1/2 stone Christmas shopping Blog every day

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Driving to playgroup

2009-10-27T09:27:04Z

Past the lake, past the pool, wave to the barrier man and into the 'burbs. We live on a compound of about 1000 houses. Some have 2 bedrooms, some have 3 and some have 4. From the outside they all look very alike. They are all beige. Our compo...

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Pointed.

2009-10-10T17:53:54Z

- What was that big, loud noise Mummy? - That was the smoke alarm. - Why was it the smoke alarm? - Because I burned the toast. - Hmmm. When I'm a grown-up lady I'll always remember to not burn the toast. - Probably sensible. - Because Mummy, I'm...

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